Criminals Strike Close to Home in Texas
Criminals can strike anywhere at any time. You should always be prepared, and carry your gun just like Luis, one of U.S. Law Shield’s members from Texas. He saw a pair of criminals trying to break into his neighbor’s car, and he knew exactly what he had to do to …
How Often Should I Clean My Handgun?
The more I test and use handguns, the more respect I have for the operating reliability of these machines. Tolerances held by Kimber, Colt, Glock, Ruger, Smith and Wesson, SIG, and CZ are excellent. When we fire these handguns on the range, we should have every confidence that they will …
Donald Trump to NRA: “The Eight-Year Assault on your Second Amendment Freedoms has come to a Crashing End”
Despite the Secret Service continuing to infringe on the rights of gun owners to actually keep and bear arms at the National Rifle Association’s convention on Friday, President Donald Trump delivered the first address to members of the NRA at the convention since President Ronald Reagan did so in 1983. …
Guns Won’t Be Allowed At President Trump’s NRA Speech
It’s almost funny, if it were not so sad, but it looks like if you are going to be attending the National Rifle Association’s annual conference on Friday in Atlanta and want to be in the same area as President Donald Trump when he gives his speech, you’ll have to …
Sniping in the Great War
Noted sniping authority and historian Maj. John L. Plaster, USAR (Ret.) has been working on a new book on sniping in World War I. Did you know American snipers were trained at both Camp Perry and Quantico? How were they trained? And what lessons did they bring back from the …
The Guns of the Homefront
The full national mobilization of World War II brought the realities of the conflict to all 48 states, and it brought armed men in uniform to train stations, beaches, and city streets. Service members were called on to stand guard at defense plants and military installations, as well as the …
The Guns of the Mediterranean
In “The Guns of the Mediterranean,” veteran speaker and American Rifleman contributing writer Martin K.A. Morgan transports us to the Second World War as it raged across the Mediterranean Basin from Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, to Malta, Sicily and Italy. In battles at El Alamein, Kasserine Pass, Monte Cassino, and …
NRA Gun of the Week: Ruger American Rifle Ranch
Ruger has paved its American Rifle line clear across the country and back. The American utilizes a full-diameter, three-lug bolt, a two-position safety on its tang and a machined action that is secured to a synthetic stock by way of the company’s Power Bedding system. The result is a system …
The Self-Loading Scout Rifle: Worth Its Weight
Top image: The author with a Packer Scout rifle by Brockman’s Rifles. “I am sometimes asked why we have not given more thought to the concept of a self-loading Scout rifle. The fact is that up `til now no self-loading action has been produced which is light, simple, and compact …
Shannon Watts Says You Aren’t A “Caring” American
The gun control movement has been failing for decades, and the desperation of those involved is becoming more evident every day. From hiding behind the poll-tested phrase “gun safety,” to their empty words of support for the Second Amendment, they seek to rebuild their tired and tattered movement in a …
